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away afte r the pavement and I thoug ht I could outj ump him over the jump. I d efinite ly o utju m ped him, but I al s o bounced pretty hard off th e dirt and landed on the pavemen t. Luc ki ly th e bike hooked up and we went down the pavem ent straigh t dead even. Mi k e (Healey) held his line right up the fence line and I just outdragged him . Luckily, when yo u ride. with the pros, they usually hold a good line; otherwise I wou ld have went straight int o the fence." After Smail made the pass, there was nothing Hea ley could d o. "He just kicked my ass going d own that straightaway and there was nothing I could d o," said Hea ley about the d rag race for the lead . "He just outpulled me." Once in the lead, Smail was abl e to finis h the sixth an d final lap for his third win of the day. Healey rode his YZ400 as fast as it would go for second , ahead of IMS teammate Meyers . Drew finished fou rth, and Lehman turned hi s disastrous mid race ta ngle into a respectable fifth-p lac e finish . Eve n though Sma il wo n the race, he wa s still unhappy with the events that occurred. "I w anted to us e that race to check ou t n ew lin es for th e Hame l 100; instead, I had to pla y catch-up," Smai l sa id. "1 mig ht rid e th e Over 25 r ace tomorrow morning just to chec k things out. " Rain clouds rolled in Satu rday night and the course, which had dried out that day, got conside ra bly worse through ou t the night . It got so m ud d y that Smail ga m b led a nd decided not to ride th e Over 25 race, sa ving himself for the 1 p.m. Hamel 100. Hea ley was also eligible for the same race and chose to sit out for the same reason . Meyers, however, took a different approach and ran away wi th the Fou r-Stroke race. The strategy partly paid off, as he ran in the top five in the Ha mel 100 unti l d ropping out with a flat tire. Meye rs was not the on ly one to suffer a flat. As it turned out , flat tires were almost the deciding factor in the grueling lOa-mile race. With appro xima te ly 50 rid ers on starting line of the Hamel 100, Healey go t th e holesho t on a YZ125 . Behi nd him, Smail - and a whole new cast of characters - set out on the now-shorten ed cou rse. Th e fre sh faces included YZ4 00 pilots Spud Wa lters and Terry Fowler, CR250-mounted Atsuta, and Team Green' s Steve Hengeveld and Dave Ondas, who had both raced a District 37 desert race in Lucerne ea rlier befo re traveli ng to Elsino re. Some racers paced themselves, savi ng their energy for the long race , while others - like Healey - went all out fro m the drop of the green flag . -. " I h ad to push really ha rd to ge t Hea ley," sa id Smail, who rod e an SX380. " H is 125 w as working good in the begin ni ng a nd he was rid ing re ally hard, but I kn ew tha t riding a 125 was go ing to wea r him ou t, beca use he was going to ha ve to ri de twice as ha rd . Eve ntually, tha t's w ha t happened: He tired out a little bit and I got by hi m and just tried to maintain a good pace." • Also o n t he charge w e r e Fowle r, Meyers, Ed mo nson, Atsu ta, Walters and Manley, bu t as the racers completed lap afte r lap, many began to drop ou t, mostly due to flat tires. After two days of racing, the rocks aro u nd Elsinore had really begun to show their ugly head s, leavin g so me rid ers ou t of lu ck. Healey d ropped out with flats an d a sore hand he suffered as the result of a crash. Fowler and Lehman w ere al so among the fir s t to suffer tire and bike problems that preve n te d them fr om go ing any fur ther . Wit h the field thinning out, Edmonson was able to move up a few spots and set his sights on Smail. " A ft e r Heal ey and t h o se gu ys d ro pped out, I was comfortably running in third, battling with Meyer s," Ed monson sa id . "We w er e going pretty good and the n he fell by the w ayside a nd I m oved into se cond. Then , about halfw a y throu gh the ra ce , the hi gh speeds must have got to me , because 1 started to get a blister on my left hand. It was pretty painful and I couldn't really go full speed after that. I'm reall y d isappo in ted that I couldn't rid e hard enough to catch Smail. We didn't suffer an y flat tires, thou gh, because we ran Dunlop mousses . That h elp ed u s out a lot, I thi nk. I don't th ink this will be m y last tim e h ere , b e cau s e I really e n joye d myself." O ne look at Edmonson's bloody blister and it was evid ent why his pace had slowed d own. Back in the pa ck, some riders 'w ere suffering more than just flat tires. Lanza ma naged to rid e off th e side of a fir e road , losin g va lua b le p ositions in th e process. He would later make up many spots and finish l Ith. KX500-mo u nted Erik Wolfe su ffered a similar fa te and found himself back in 23rd . Reese came within a few laps of finishing and taking th e u nofficia l 125cc honors when th e bottom end of his KTM seized, endi ng his day. Walters, however, ma y have tu rn ed the worst ride int o the best finish. "I crashed actually four times out th ere, " sa id Walters, who finished fourth , beh ind Atsu ta . " It was kind of brutal ou t there, between al l -the mud and the lappers. I kind of go t a crummy start. I knew it was going to be a long race, bu t 1 wish 1 would have picked it u p sooner a nd stayed off the ground, because I know I could have got third . I pa ssed Ats uta and was pulling away from h im and then I crashed the th ird t im e a n d co u ld never ge t h im back, beca use later 1 crashed again. After that, I just tried to sm ooth things ou t a little bit and just fini sh . At leas t I didn't get any flats." Those who did su ffer flats and were able to keep goin g often lost cru cial time changin g wheels. Even .Smail had some d owntim e of hi s ow n , h oping that Edmon son would not pa ss him while he was changing his wheel. "1 go t a flat about two hours into the race," Smail said. "1 pulled in the pit and go t a w heel change and th en got back ou t there as fast as possible. I guess eve ryone else was having bad luck, so we just capita lized on it. The KTM ran great and 1 co uldn't have asked for a better race - or a better weeken d, for that matter ." It too k Smail approxi mate ly two hours and 45 minutes to complete 100 m il e s of th e course. Ed monson, his RM 250 and hi s left ha nd were very happy to see the checkered flag. . "I 'COuldn't go as fast as 1 wa nted to beca use of my han d , of course," Edmon- . son said. "The speed is totally opposite her e compared to the GNCCs. They are quite tight and technical compared to this, bu t it' s unbelievable here because we raced fo r th ree ho u rs a nd you're goi ng fast the entire time." Ats uta made his t rip fro m Ja pan worth w hile by finishing th ird . Walt ers kept himself upright tow ard the end for fourth, one spot ahea d of Manley. Sixth went to Hengeveld, who turned in one .of the rare trouble-free rid es. Tracy kept up a fas t p ac e a ll w e ekend , turning many heads by finishing seven th, and Murphy, d espite suffering fro n t and rear flats, finished eig hth. Ondas turned in a trouble-free ride s imilar to Hengeveld's , fin ishing nin th on his KX500. Ma rk Tilley pilo ted a 125cc KTM to an impressive 10th. Sm ail is only the second person to win the Hamel 100. 1996 and '97 winner Steve Lamson was entered in the event but was a no-show on the starting line. Du e to the length and the harsh conditions of the race, on ly 33 entrants fin i~hed . I'X Els inore Grand Prix Elsinore, Californ ia Results: November 7-8, 1998 50 BEG : 1. -Br yce Stewa r t ( KT M ); 2 . Ja co b Arg ub rig ht: 3. Da llas Brow n (KTM ); 4. Zach Ad a ms (KTM ); 5. Jack son Paqu ett e (KT M ). 50 NOV: 1. Ric h a rd Ste rli ng (KTM): 2. Johnny [el d e rd a (KTM) ; 3 . Tra vi s Ba ke r (KTM ); 4. Marcu s Ca rillo (lorn). SO INT: 1. Blake Baggett (Co b); 2. Chap man Fien e (KlM). SO EX: 1. Donnie Kearn ey (KTM). 60 BEG: 1. Zacha ry C ruz (Ka w); 2. Blak e Harber (Kaw ): 3. Ricky James (Kaw ): 4. Ca me ron Keid e l (Ka w ): 5. George Jeffers (K.1W) . 60 NOV: 1. Robert o Jiron (Kaw): 2. Jamie Lan za (Kaw). 60 INT: 1. Cha rles Pearso n (Kaw): 2. Kalin Goodsite (Kaw ): 3. Mike Lapaglia (KTM ); 4. B.J. Bohrer (Kaw ). 60 EX: 1. Ca mero n Ca dsby (Kaw ). 80 BEC: 1. Jeff Vaugn (Ya m); 2. Andrew Wa gem an (Hen): 3 . Bria n Bu rn s Jr . (Yam); 4. Les te r Va r n u m (Ka w ): 5. No la n Ch ott (Suz). 80 NOV: 1. Nic k Lopez (H on ); 2. David Me yers (Hen): 3. Je ff Harris (Yam); 4. jason Doma nn (Ya m): 5. . Justin Workman (K aw ). 80 INT: 1. Brent Line (Yam); 2. Danny Mohr (Yam); 3. Ryan Magd enovski (Ka w ). 80 EX: 1. Antho ny Bru sce lla (Yam); 2. Justin Yaost. 3. Micky Cri ffen Jr. (Yam). 125 NOV; 1. N a tha n Jones (Ya m ); 2. jon Me yers (Kaw ): 3. Bren t Ha rd en (KTM ); 4. Eric Willis (Yam); 5. Chad Fra nk (Yam). 125 INT: 1. R.J. Th om pson (Kaw); 2. Rya n Du dek (Yam) ; 3 . Sea n Hamblin (Yam) ; 4 . Mik e Meadows (Yarn): 5. Ray Hensl ey (Yam). 125 EX: 1. La nce Sma il (KT M); 2. Mik e Heale y (Ya m); 3. Gary Tr a cy (Yam); 4. Mike Bake r (Yam ); 5. David Reese (KTM). 250 BEC : 1. C he Sm it h (Ho n); 2. Ke n Kin nu ca n (Yam); 3. Jeff Williams (Suz) ; 4. Keith Giusto ISuz ): 5. Chad Quinn (Y.l m). 250 NO V: 1. Steve Coster; 2. Nick Uribe; 3. Robert Weschey ; 4. Bill Johnso n; 5. Kyle Krau se . 250 IN T: 1. Tr a cy Mee ks; 2. Mi ke Webb (Suz): 3. Dus ty Na b o rs ( Hen) : 4. Ni ck Pine ga r; 5. An thon y Sandoval. 250 EX: 1. Lance Sma il (KTM) ; 2. Mike He a le y (Yam); 3. Bria n Manl ey (Hen): 4. Gary Tracy (Yam); 5. Oa kley Leh ma n (KTM ). OPEN BEC: 1. Andre w Ju ga n ( Hon) : 2. Ad am Unde rwood (Ya m); 3. Anthony Brooks (Hen): 4. Ethan Allen (Hon ): 5. Doc Cbarbo nnec u (Honl . OPEN NOV: 1. Gre g Marian i (KTM); 2. Steve Jugan (Hon): 3. Ma rk Ault (Ya m); 4. John Sha rpe (Yam); 5. Bary Rosner (Hon}. OPEN INT: 1. Th omas Engel ha r dt (Ya m); 2. Bob Ru ssell (Ya m); 3. Bill Jarvis (H en ): 4. Bria n Menne (Hen): 5. Mike Abbott . OPEN EX: t . Lance Sma il (KTM); 2. Mike He a ley (Ya m); 3 . Scott Myers (Y am); 4. Steve Drew; 5. Oakley Lehma n (Ka w ). 4·ST RK BEC : 1. Mike Boy sen ( H e n ) : 2. Breg Warren (Suz) ; 3. Da vid Hebranson (Yam ); 4. jeff Hams (Ha n); 5. Barbara Engel (Hen). 4-STRK NOV: 1. Jim M cComas (Hon): 2. Allan Zu cks w ert (K aw): 3. Steve Coster (Hon ): 4. john Lee (Yam); 5. Kev in Du ffy (Yam). 4-STRK I N T , I. D.J . U m p hres (Ya m) ; 2 . Mike Ab bo tt (Ya m) ; 3 . To dd Ba r n h ill (Ya m ); 4. Joh n McCormick (Hen ): 5. Pa t Boyd (H en). 4-STRK EX: 1. Sco tt Myers (Y am): 2. Kurt Pfei ffer (Yam); 3. Da vid Glass (Hen): 4. Mik e Hea ley (Yam ); 5. Chris Ca plinge r (Yam). . D IS BEG: 1. Brian Pap palardo (Hon): 2. Ma rtin Ryd er (H us ); 3. Al an Hoove r (KTM); 4. Jo hn Ega n (H en): 5. Dan Smit h If-len). DIS N OV, 1. Joe Bartoli (Ha n ); 2. Todd Hess (Kaw): 3 . Tom Benson (Ka w): 4. l...eonard Dunca n (H o n) . DIS lNT : 1. Ste ve Brunell e (H en): 2. Tom Coc o (Suz) ; 3. Dwayne Scrivnor (KTM); 4, Dean Potts (Hen): 5 . Dale Criske (Ya m). DIS EX:1. Jimmy Roberts . WM N BEC: 1. Amber Pickett (Suz ); 2.'[)enise Lane IHon): 3. Pam Skinne r (Hen): 4.·Moni ca Mora (Yam); 5. Alisa Walli nso rd (Kaw). As ever , the Els inore GP gets started on the city stre ets . Healey (1) leads the way on th e Open-class start. WMN NOV: 1. Sarah Sc h ilke (Ho n) ; 2. Kim M ile w sk y (Ka w) : 3 . Li z Pa gu ette ( Kew): 4 . Ka te Koche nderfe r (Yam). WMN EX: 1. Kelly Yancey (Kaw); 2. Bonnie Warch (Ya m); 3. Lynette DaVIS(Yam). VINT BEC : 1. jason 0 ' Auria (Hon): 2. Rob Hill (Hus); 3. To m Hauser (CZ) ; 4. C eo rge Dav is (Hen ): 5 . Ron Shimojo (H u s). VINT N OV: 1. Ma rk Locke (Hu s); 2. Mike Con ley (Hen): 3. Gary Cass (TrD; 4. Eric Sed or (Hen) : 5. Scott G refory (M en). VINT INT: 1. Don Hartley (Hus): 2. Steve Donova n; 3 . Ke ith Lyna s (O s s ): 4. Jud O s hier (H u s ): 5. Ron Rensu lli (Hus). VINT EX: 1. Da vid Fishe r (Hus): 2. John DeSoto; 3. jo hn Lef-evre (CZ); 4. j.N. Rober ts (H us): 5. Jim Doma nn (Men). BMBR BEG: 1. Te rry Ta te (Su z): 2. Steve Hoover (Hon ); 3. C hr is Wood (Hu s) : 4-. Geor ge Balderra ma (Soz); S. Ralp h Boyd (H as) . BMB R NOV : loChe rl es Hilton (Hen ): 2. Pa t Stid ma n (Hus): 3. Vinni e M aad zek (Mai): 4. Sco tt Crosse IYam): 5. Troy Smith (Hon). BM BR INT: 1. Ric Yelki n (H u s) : 2..Kim Mor gan (CZ); 3. Th omas Englehardt (Ya m). BM BR EX: 1. Da vid Fish er ' (Su z) ; 2. Geo r ge Pennington (Ya m); 3. John Lefevre (Hus ): 4. Pau l Kel ly (Yam); 5. Allen Wen zel (Hus). SD HC K NOV: 1. Jim Porcaro / Rick Bro (Tri). SD HCK EX: 1. Mike Bums (Han); 2. Mike Burn s Jr.; 3 . Pete Whibtey (H-D); 4. Palfre yman /Hoover; 5. Ra lph Whitney (H e n) . 2S+ BEG : 1. Robert Smith (Yam); 2. Patri ck Purnell (Yam ); 3. Jeff Pau l (Kaw ); 4. Scott Core (He n): 5. Dere k Speerstra (Yam). 25+ NOV : L Den on Stid m an: 2. Quincy William son (Ya m ); 3 . Ma rk Vand e r Du ssen; 4. Richa rd Swishe r (Kaw): s. Sean Da ly (KlM). 25+ INT: 1. Nic k Pinegar (Yam); 2. Revelle Harrison (KTM); 3. Sean Finley (Kaw ): 4. Sha wn Childers (H en): 5. Kelly Pichel (Kaw). 25+ EX: I. Brian Bruning; 2. Bry an Fo lks (KTM ); 3. Matt Harper (Ya m). 30+ BEC : 1. Edd ie Sh ina u lt (Ha n); 2. Ph il Ha u pt (Suz) : 3. Matt Flor es (Hon): 4. Mik e Krynock: 5. Je ff Theis (Yam). 30+ NOV: 1. Greg Mari ani (KTM); 2. And y Dix; 3. Bob Kessler (Suz); 4. Scott Grose ; 5. Mike Martin (Yam). 30... INT: 1. Tra cy Meeks (Ya m ); 2. Todd Gou ld ISuz) : 3. Bill Jar vis (Hen): 4. Da niel Malf att i (Yam) ; 5. Anthony Sandoval (Yam) . 30+ EX: 1. Go rdon Wa rd (TM); 2. Tayl or Marcell (Kaw): 3. Ken Kozlik (Yam ); 4. Scott Underwood (Hen): 5. Randy No rm an (K.:1W). 35+ BEG : 1. H o w a r d Suke ni k (Ya m) ; 2. Ma r k Johnson (H en ): 3. Brian Yoast (H en ): 4. Arnie Dav is (Yam); 5. Don Reed (H en). 35+ NOV : 1. Clayton w tlson (Kaw): 2. Ma rk Ault (Ya m) ; 3. Rodney Jensen ( H o n): 4. Brad Anderso n (Kaw): 5. Steven Jugan (Hen) . 35+ tNT: 1. Cla yton Blood (Ho n); 2. Rod Fowl er (Kaw); 3. Kenny Alle n (KTM); 4. Jon Cook (Yam); 5. Ma rk Dwyer (Kaw ). 35+ EX: 1. Mike Baker (Yam); 2. Ku rt Pfe iffer (Yam ); 3. jua n Benavidez (Suz); 4. Da vid Johnson (Kaw); 5. Tim Tucker (Yam ). 40+ BEG: 1. Chuck Franklin (Yam) ; 2. Keith Sha fer ( Hen ): 3. G le n Romero (KTM ); 4. Don Lo w enberg (Hon): 5. Dalfiel G onza les (Hen). 40+ NOV: 1. Brad Anderson (Kaw): 2. Rory Gooden (Hon): 3. Rod McCo llou gh (Hon); 4. Ron Kupkc (Yam); 5. Rick Long. 40... IN T: 1. Tom Sc hroe d er (Kaw) ; 2. Dou g He tl (Kaw): 3. Bill Wa ite ( H en) : 4. James Stott ( Ka w): 5. Thomas Englehardt (Yam). 40+ EX: 1. Ron Turner; 2. Mar ty Moat es (Ya m); 3. jim Be ach amp (H en ): 4. Rick ja mes (Ka w): 5. Mik e Abbo tt (Yam). 50+ BEC : 1. Bill Z ie ri ng (A TK); 2. joe St an cato (Hen): 3. Kenneth Hatra {H on ): 4. Nic k Ca mpion (Yam); 5. Rami ro Oc hoa (C-A) . 50 + NOV: 1. Bill Alv ord (H on); 2 . To m Dowi e (Hen ): 3. Ray Th igpen (KT M);' 4. Ge ra rd Fr eedma n (l-l us) : 5. Bob Ridgeway (Yam). 50+ INT, 1. Mik e Brooks (Ya m ); 2. Larry Lee (Ha n); 3. Ron Hu ch (Yam); 4. Ch uck Weiser IHon) . SO... EX: 1. Joh n DeSot o; 2. J.N. Roberts (Kaw): 3. Terry Mor airty ( H en ): 4. Joe Moore (H u s): 5. Harry Brattin (BMW). LECE ND S: 1. Scot Harden; 2. Marty Moa tes; 3. Jim Beau champ; 4. Brent Walli ngsfo rd ; 5. Jim Domann; 6. John DeSot o; 7.-Dav id Aldana; 8. Bob Rutt en; 9. Ron Turner; 10. Bruce McDougaL HAMEL 100: 1. Lan ce Smail (KT M) ; 2. Pa u l Edmonson (Suz); 3. Yosh i Atsuta (Hen): 4. Sp ud Walt ers (Ya m); 5. Brian Manly (Hen): 6. Steve He ngeveld (Ka w): 7. Gary Tra cy (Ya m); 8. Ma tt Murphy (Yam); 9. Dave Ondas (Kaw l; 10. Ma rk Tilley (KlM). 00 0\ 0\ ....... IJ"l N l-< (]) S (]) :> o Z 19

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